DAY IN PARLIAMENT
HIGH EXCHANGE DISCUSSED
, Cqiltrary to ,expeetationg,-ygstei'day's sitting of the Jlouse of\ Representatives was not brief. It is Customary On the day .following the; Opening of Parliament for ntembers .to pay tribute to the m'emoi'y of deceased meiflberg ■at c*« members who have difed ' dUriflg tho recess,- after which tho House adjourns, but yesterday a long and unexpected debate -Was provoked tipta the introduction> Tjy Mt f . A. Veitch (Gfovernment, fWangantii) 6f > Bill to repeal the Act paSsM.laSt^segslo'n to ift'damnify the banks against; any loss arisiiig out Of the Goyerflrnent's high exchange p*oiiey.' Only opponents of the high exchange policy spoke, no Ministers deieftding; %«!'(Government's action. Tlift House dfljOiiified shertly after 8 o'clock till Tuesday aiteinddh, when tribute's to the deceased iegislatoH will b6 paid. lit tho Legislative Council fefel'OiiceS wero made to membefs ot. eK'nientberfl of the Council who had.died ddring tfici recoss. The Council adjourned fit 4.30 o'clock till Tuesday, when the Hon. W. Sriodgrdgs will rttttvd the Adareslsin Beply. The secdndet Will be tho Hon. C. J. Oftrrington.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1933, Page 8
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173DAY IN PARLIAMENT Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1933, Page 8
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